Volume 1

Dr. Edith Romney / a novel [by Anne Elliot].

  • Anne Elliot
Date:
1883
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Dr. Edith Romney / a novel [by Anne Elliot]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    after all,” she said. “ Doing tilings one likes— music, painting, and studying, as I do, for instance. But what can girls do ? Only those little things come in our way. Our work is only play, really.” “ Don’t you think you are extremely fortunate in having that part assigned you ? You don’t yearn after rough, hard, disagreeable work, do f) J) you ? “ I don’t like anything disagreeable,” said Winifred, frankly. “But still one would like to think one did something useful,” almost pathetically, “if it were only for the sake of the novelty,” she added, laughing. “ Don’t,” murmured Oscar. “ Don’t what ? ” “ Don’t want to be useful—it is the besetting sin of the day.” “ Then how can I expect to escape it ? ” “Well, you are useful. The more civilized the country (forgive the truism) the more numerous its industries. We don’t need merely the necessaries of life, we need luxuries, elegancies, refinements—in short, ornament.” “ I come in there! I suppose I must be content.” “ I suppose,” said Oscar, smilingly as he drew, “ the atmosphere of this house must induce ideas
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